| The recommended books under-gird the curriculum taught at Word and World schools. The list below is sorted, first by broad categories, and within each category, alphabetically by author. On the right, this same list is sorted alphabetically by author and again alphabetically by book title.
Whenever possible, the photo and the title is linked to take you to an online bookseller that carries that title so you can read more about it and order it. If a particular book couldn’t be found at a Christian bookseller, the link is to Powell’s.
Note: (**) indicates an author who is a Word and World collaborator.
Books are listed below by category:
Scripture Study
Movement History
Civil Rights Movement/Racism/African American History and Theology
Nonviolence / Restorative Justice
Sabbath Economics
Liberation Theology
Resistance to Militarism / Powers and Principalities
Feminist / Womanist Theology / Gender and Sexuality Inclusion
Poetry / Literature |
Scripture Study
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| The Prophetic Imagination by Walter Brueggeman |
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Set Them Free by Laurel Dykstra** |
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| The Hebrew Bible by Norman Gottwald** |
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The Politics of Ancient Israel by Norman Gottwald** |
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| The Tribes of Yahweh by Norman Gottwald ** |
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Binding the Strong Man by Ched Myers** |
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| Who Will Roll Away the Stone? by Ched Myers** |
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Say to this Mountain by Ched Myers**, Marie Dennis, Cynthia Moe-Lobeda, Joseph Nangle, Stuart Taylor |
Movement History
(Represented at all schools)
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| Cloud of Witnesses by Jim Wallis and Joyce Hollyday** |
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Civil Rights Movement/Racism/African American History and Theology
(Represented at the Greensboro, Philadelphia and Memphis Schools)
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| The Black Christ by Kelly Brown Douglas |
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Black Workers Remember by Michael Honey |
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| There Is a River by Vincent Harding** |
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Hope and History by Vincent Harding** |
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| Clarence Jordan edited by Joyce Hollyday** |
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A Testament of Hope edited by James Washington |
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| White Theology by James W. Perkinson** |
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Shamanism, Racism, and Hip Hop Culture by James W. Perkinson** |
Nonviolence / Restorative Justice
(Represented at the Greensboro and Philadelphia Schools)
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| Proverbs of Ashes by Rita Nakashima Brock and Rebecca Ann Parker |
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Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg |
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| Reconciliation by Robert Schreiter |
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The Executed God by Mark Lewis Taylor |
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| No Future Without Forgiveness by Desmond Tutu |
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The Nonviolent Atonement by J. Denny Weaver |
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| Ambassadors of Reconciliation, Vol. 1: New Testament Reflections on Restorative Justice and Peacemaking by Ched Myers and Elaine Enns |
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Ambassadors of Reconciliation, Vol. 2: Diverse Christian Practices of Restorative Justice and Peacemaking by Elaine Enns and Ched Myers |
Sabbath Economics
(Represented at the Tuscon, Philadelphia and Memphis Schools)
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| Property for People, Not for Profits by Ulrich Duchrow and Franz J. Hinkelammert |
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God’s Economy by Gloria and Ross Kinsler |
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| The Biblical Jubilee and the Struggle for Life by Gloria and Ross Kinsler |
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The Biblical Vision of Sabbath Economics by Ched Myers |
Liberation Theology
(Represented at the Tuscon School)
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| A Theology of Liberation by Gustavo Gutierrez |
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We Drink from Our Own Wells by Gustavo Gutierrez |
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| Christology at the Crossroads by Jon Sobrino |
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The True Church and the Poor by Jon Sobrino |
Resistance to Militarism / Powers and Principalities
(Represented at the Philadelphia and Stringfellow Schools)
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| The Nightmare of God by Daniel Berrigan |
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The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer |
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| Conscience & Obedience by William Stringfellow |
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Count it All Joy by William Stringfellow |
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| An Ethic for Christians & Other Aliens in a Strange Land by William Stringfellow |
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A Private and Public Faith by William Stringfellow |
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| Naming the Powers by Walter Wink |
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Unmasking the Powers by Walter Wink |
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| Engaging the Powers by Walter Wink |
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The Powers That Be by Walter Wink |
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| Seasons of Faith and Conscience by Bill Wylie Kellerman** |
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A Keeper of the Word edited by Bill Wylie Kellerman** |
Feminist / Womanist Theology / Gender and Sexuality Inclusion
(Represented at the Rochester School)
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| Jesus Acted Up by Robert Goss |
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The Redemption of God by Isabel Carter Heyward |
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| Clothed with the Sun by Joyce Hollyday** |
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Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde |
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| Grace of Coming Home by Melanie Morrison** |
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Sisters in the Wilderness by Delores S. Williams |
Poetry / Literature
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| Against Forgetting by Carolyn Forche |
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Breathing Betweeen the Lines by Demetria Martinez** |
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| The Devil’s Workshop by Demetria Martinez** |
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Mother Tongue by Demetria Martinez** |
